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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: dutch508 on October 02, 2017, 08:30:28 PM
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Star Member guillaumeb (15,984 posts) https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10029664399
In the aftermath of a mass shooting, why does the corporate media focus on the "why"?
They always ask: "what led the shooter to kill all of these people"? As if knowing why any random individual was motivated to kill numerous people can in any way be predictive.
Normal people what to know why so that they may attempt to prevent such a horrible tragedy in the future. DUmpmonkiez only worry about their political objectives and turn everything into them...
Star Member guillaumeb (15,984 posts)
3. But it never leads to anything.
It is an endless fascination with details that ignore the "how" of the killings. And the "how" is with guns. Could it be because the war industry owns some of the media channels?
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Star Member guillaumeb (15,984 posts)
7. But they mass shootings are not stopped.
Everyone interviewed will nearly always state that the shooter of the moment was just an average person, and they are.
Until they start shooting. And the common element is generally guns.
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Star Member malaise (162,882 posts)
2. They know why
Easy access to guns
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Star Member guillaumeb (15,984 posts)
10. So do we ignore the how, (guns) as the media does?
And if so, why do we ignore the how?
Star Member mainer (9,900 posts)
9. It seems the "why" is usually speculative. But the "how" is obvious
and easily prevented: weapons with superior kill efficiency.
We can't prevent the "why" part of it. People are unbalanced or go into an uncontrollable rage.
But we can prevent the "how" part of it.
Act_of_Reparation (4,132 posts)
15. Because there's a strong likelihood it isn't random.
Guns are the means by which mass murderers achieve their goals, and it stands to reason taking sophisticated weaponry off the market might mitigate the damage done by mass murderers. I'm right there on board with you on that one. We need more firearms regulations than we currently have.
But guns aren't the motivation driving these murderers to realize their goals. If we're at all interested in eliminating the phenomena of mass murder -- just not mitigating its effects -- then we need to investigate the psychology of the perpetrators.
One explanation that seems to have strong evidential support is that these people have a pathological need for validation. Mass murder is an expedient and relatively effortless means of satisfying this need for attention, if you don't mind dying in the process. You don't need to learn to act, play an instrument, or write a novel. Just buy a gun and shoot a dozen people in a crowded theater. You'll get your name in the papers and 24/7 coverage on every major news outlet. People will write wikipedia pages about you. Ten years down the line, the History channel will run your made-for-TV specials between military porn and stock footage of Hitler's Top 10 Brunches.
So, no. I don't think exploring the why is a problem. Plastering the killers' names and faces all over the news for a month straight? That's in part what is feeing this, and if the major outlets had any sense of civic responsibility they'd stop doing it.
Star Member guillaumeb (15,984 posts)
20. Exactly. Gun sales mean big dollars to corporations that donate to both parties.
And gun mythology promotes gun ownership as a uniquely American trait.
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Usually the "WHY" is because they are hate filled , vengeful left wingers. :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:
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Star Member guillaumeb (15,984 posts) https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10029664399
In the aftermath of a mass shooting, why does the corporate media focus on the "why"?
They always ask: "what led the shooter to kill all of these people"? As if knowing why any random individual was motivated to kill numerous people can in any way be predictive.
Sounds like a certain DU-member is afraid of what will be learned. DU-folk certainly did not hesitate to speculate about motive (https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029662190) when they were sure the shooter had to be a right-wing-Christian-gun-nut. BTW, malice posted on both threads, calling the speculation a "Brilliant post" and saying, "Those questions are always asked of the brown killers n/t". IIRC, questions about motive were also asked about Dylan Roof and the mass killer in CN, both of whom were white.
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Usually the "WHY" is because they are hate filled , vengeful left wingers. :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:
And most of the time mental illness and prescription psychotropic drugs are involved.